These names were given to the group by my
Italian friend Angela. While the bigger
Contento is still lost to the sounds of his stone-lyra, Massimo stopped playing
being somewhat less contented. Two figures out
of the "Livingstones"-series, sitting, elaborately painted and adorned with an
unusual hairdo, each with an stone lyra.

(B) Rabbit's
Talk:

Gorging rabbits move their lips very
fast. Because their gaze is quite pointed while doing so, it looks like they try
to secretly communicate something important. You never know who they are looking
at. Irritating in a similar way are these two
stone-trolls. Their mouths bent in rabbit-like ways, mute, their glances not
meeting, arms protectively crossed or retreatingly stretched backwards, they
stand opposite to one another. What a communication! Two
figures out of the "Livingstones"-series, standing, with hair-adornments made
out of natural materials. The complex painting enhancing the stone-character has
been branded into the stoneware several times.

(C) Rien ne va plus(from a group of gamblers):

Rien ne va plus is an expression used at
the Roulette-table. While the bigger
Stonetroll still seems to relaxetly sit at the gambling-table his face betrays
him by showing that he knows that he'll propably loose. The smaller one is about
to sit up, his body is more tense. Sure to win this round, he points at the
game, in his face the certainty that his opponent stands no hope to win. That's
what my french friend Giselle meant as she christened the
group. Two stonetrolls
(Livingstones), kneeling and sitting, with unusual hair-decoration and a
stone-game.